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THE MAROON VOL. 84, NO. 9 H XT IV/MAROO N.LOY N O.EDI FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2006 Green elected president; run-off for VP By Lauren Laßorde Staff writer Supporters of Daniel Green erupted into screams and applause when Student Government Association Commissioner of Elections Michael Cowen announced the political science junior as the new SGA president. Cowen, communications junior, read the results at a party Wednesday in the Danna Center. Green attributed his success to the constant support of his campaign staff and the university. "They were my rock," he said of his supporters. "Even when I didn't think 1 could make it, they believed in me." Outgoing SGA president Michelle Clarke was pleased with the election and is eager to pass on her position to Green. "I think that all of the candidates worked very hard," she said. "And I know that Daniel will do a great job." Students will vote in a run-off election next week between candidates Lee Daugherty and Bob Payne to determine the SGA vice president position. Psychology junior Daugherty is excited to be included in the run-off but is still willing to work hard to secure last-minute votes. "I'm going to work hard to try and get all of the votes I missed," she said. "I'll be meeting with organizations to try and get my name out there." Fellow candidate Payne was especially happy about this year's increased voter turnout of 40 percent. "I'm glad that so many people cared about the election this year," said the political science sophomore. "I feel great that so many people came out and Daniel Green Elected as new SGA president Bob Payne Will face Daugherty in run-off Lee Daugherty Will face Payne in run-off Chin-deep in flood waters By Kelly Brown Senior Staff writer Editor's note: This is the last of a three-part series highlighting Loyola community members who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. For viewers all over the world, the thousands of victims who gathered at the Superdome in the days after Katrina were a horrifying image on the television screen. For Carisa Smith, it was reality. Born and raised in the St. Thomas housing project. Smith, now a housekeeper in Buddig Hall, moved to her home on St. Roch Street in the Eighth Ward five months before Hurricane Katrina. "I loved my neighborhood," she said. "My aunt Norma lived only two houses down. She lost everything, too. ... It was safe, yes it was. The only scary moment I had was the storm." Smith, who lived with her husband, daughter and grandchild in a two-bedroom house, took pride in keeping her home neat. "I love to clean. I kept my house clean. I also loved sitting on my porch, listening to my music, drink my beer ... I really do miss it. It was a sweet neighborhood."Smith said she heard of Katrina on Aug. 21 but wasn't told to evacuate until the day before the storm. Although her daughter, Shondra, drove to Baton Rouge with a neighbor, Smith stayed behind with her husband Arthur, who was reluctant to leave. "My daughter kept saying, 'Mom, come on!', my neighbor kept saying 'Come on!' ... They got to Baton Rouge and then turned all the way back around," she said. By the time her daughter and neighbor returned to get Smith, it was too late. "Traffic was backed up. and we didn't have money for gas and all that." As Hurricane Katrina roared through New Orleans, the water that would eventually fill 80 percent of the city was already in her neighborhood. "When I went to the window and looked out, the water had rose — it was over my car, and it came up to here," she said, pointing to her chin. When the water filled her home. Smith, along with her daughter, husband and neighbor, plunged into the storm to reach her cousin's two-story house down the block. "I was on my cousin's neck with my other cousin holding my back, like this," she said, wrapping her arms around her shoulders. "He said, 'Cousin, hold on!', and I said, 'Lord Jesus, the wind's taking me.'" They joined about 15 people on the second floor of her cousin's house to wait out the storm. "I mean, it was scary. And the house was shaking, and all you could hear was the wind," Smith said. After the winds died down, her cousin's husband crawled out of the window to a neighbor's roof, waving a white T-shirt to attract one of the helicopters by then circling the city. Smith looks away as she remembers the water that reached her chin. "It was scary; it was black. When the boat people came and rescued us, we saw dead bodies," she said, shuddering. "It gives me chills, even today." The boats deposited the group on the I-10 overpass at Esplanade Avenue, where ambulances were waiting to ferry survivors to the Superdome. "There were 50 ambulances out there, and there must have been 30 of us in one ambulance," Smith said, shaking her head. The group was at the Superdome for five days; Smith doesn't like to talk about Carisa Smith escaped from her house on St. Roch Street as it filled with water during Hurricane Katrina. She swam to a two-story house down the street and was later rescued by boat and taken to the Superdome. Her home, shown here, is located in the Eighth Ward of New Orleans. STAFF PHOTO BY ALETHIA PICCIOLA WASHED AWAY PART 3 OF 3 Provost reviewing programs By Lindsey Netherly Staff writer Academic programs could be cut or suspended; some faculty object to process While Loyola may have escaped any major changes to its physical structure following Katrina, it's likely that there will soon be significant alterations to its academic structure. Although the university has been working to make sure there will be an appropriately-sized freshman class, it is anticipated that there will be a reduction in enrollment and tuition revenues, said Provost and Academic Vice President Walter Harris. "The board is concerned, and rightfully so, that enrollment will not be what it would have been before Katrina," he said. As a result, the Board of Trustees has mandated a review of academic and non-academic programs. "I can candidly say that we will be forced to make many extremely difficult decisions with respect to program continuance, suspension or elimination," wrote University President the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., in a March 17 memorandum to faculty. The program review, which is being directed by Harris, will make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. The Board will make the ultimate decision and may accept or reject the proposal made by the university administration, said Harris. "We are facing real challenges to remain solvent and solid as a university. The review is designed to allow us an opportunity to look very carefully and critically at the university," Harris said. The decision made by the board will likely be effective for the fall 2006 semester. The eight criteria for the evaluation of programs are: demand for the program; service to majors, minors, other programs and/or the common curriculum; revenues and expense for programs; the reputation and quality of the program; the centrality of the program to the mission of the university; the effect of the program on the community, a comparison of the program to instructional expense norms at other See SGA, page 3 See REVIEW, page 2 See SERIES, page 3 A LOYOLA TRADITION SINCE 1 923 • "FOR A GREATER LOYOLA" LIFE & TIMES It's not your average college campus, page 6 LOYOLA MEETS SACS ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS, page 2 MAROON DIRECTORY: CALENDAR, page 2 • EDITORIAL, page 4 • LIFE & TIMES, page 6 • SPORTS, page 10

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THE MAROON VOL. 84, NO. 9 H XT IV/MAROO N.LOY N O.EDI FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2006 Green elected president; run-off for VP By Lauren Laßorde Staff writer Supporters of Daniel Green erupted into screams and applause when Student Government Association Commissioner of Elections Michael Cowen announced the political science junior as the new SGA president. Cowen, communications junior, read the results at a party Wednesday in the Danna Center. Green attributed his success to the constant support of his campaign staff and the university. "They were my rock," he said of his supporters. "Even when I didn't think 1 could make it, they believed in me." Outgoing SGA president Michelle Clarke was pleased with the election and is eager to pass on her position to Green. "I think that all of the candidates worked very hard," she said. "And I know that Daniel will do a great job." Students will vote in a run-off election next week between candidates Lee Daugherty and Bob Payne to determine the SGA vice president position. Psychology junior Daugherty is excited to be included in the run-off but is still willing to work hard to secure last-minute votes. "I'm going to work hard to try and get all of the votes I missed," she said. "I'll be meeting with organizations to try and get my name out there." Fellow candidate Payne was especially happy about this year's increased voter turnout of 40 percent. "I'm glad that so many people cared about the election this year," said the political science sophomore. "I feel great that so many people came out and Daniel Green Elected as new SGA president Bob Payne Will face Daugherty in run-off Lee Daugherty Will face Payne in run-off Chin-deep in flood waters By Kelly Brown Senior Staff writer Editor's note: This is the last of a three-part series highlighting Loyola community members who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. For viewers all over the world, the thousands of victims who gathered at the Superdome in the days after Katrina were a horrifying image on the television screen. For Carisa Smith, it was reality. Born and raised in the St. Thomas housing project. Smith, now a housekeeper in Buddig Hall, moved to her home on St. Roch Street in the Eighth Ward five months before Hurricane Katrina. "I loved my neighborhood," she said. "My aunt Norma lived only two houses down. She lost everything, too. ... It was safe, yes it was. The only scary moment I had was the storm." Smith, who lived with her husband, daughter and grandchild in a two-bedroom house, took pride in keeping her home neat. "I love to clean. I kept my house clean. I also loved sitting on my porch, listening to my music, drink my beer ... I really do miss it. It was a sweet neighborhood."Smith said she heard of Katrina on Aug. 21 but wasn't told to evacuate until the day before the storm. Although her daughter, Shondra, drove to Baton Rouge with a neighbor, Smith stayed behind with her husband Arthur, who was reluctant to leave. "My daughter kept saying, 'Mom, come on!', my neighbor kept saying 'Come on!' ... They got to Baton Rouge and then turned all the way back around," she said. By the time her daughter and neighbor returned to get Smith, it was too late. "Traffic was backed up. and we didn't have money for gas and all that." As Hurricane Katrina roared through New Orleans, the water that would eventually fill 80 percent of the city was already in her neighborhood. "When I went to the window and looked out, the water had rose — it was over my car, and it came up to here," she said, pointing to her chin. When the water filled her home. Smith, along with her daughter, husband and neighbor, plunged into the storm to reach her cousin's two-story house down the block. "I was on my cousin's neck with my other cousin holding my back, like this," she said, wrapping her arms around her shoulders. "He said, 'Cousin, hold on!', and I said, 'Lord Jesus, the wind's taking me.'" They joined about 15 people on the second floor of her cousin's house to wait out the storm. "I mean, it was scary. And the house was shaking, and all you could hear was the wind," Smith said. After the winds died down, her cousin's husband crawled out of the window to a neighbor's roof, waving a white T-shirt to attract one of the helicopters by then circling the city. Smith looks away as she remembers the water that reached her chin. "It was scary; it was black. When the boat people came and rescued us, we saw dead bodies," she said, shuddering. "It gives me chills, even today." The boats deposited the group on the I-10 overpass at Esplanade Avenue, where ambulances were waiting to ferry survivors to the Superdome. "There were 50 ambulances out there, and there must have been 30 of us in one ambulance," Smith said, shaking her head. The group was at the Superdome for five days; Smith doesn't like to talk about Carisa Smith escaped from her house on St. Roch Street as it filled with water during Hurricane Katrina. She swam to a two-story house down the street and was later rescued by boat and taken to the Superdome. Her home, shown here, is located in the Eighth Ward of New Orleans. STAFF PHOTO BY ALETHIA PICCIOLA WASHED AWAY PART 3 OF 3 Provost reviewing programs By Lindsey Netherly Staff writer Academic programs could be cut or suspended; some faculty object to process While Loyola may have escaped any major changes to its physical structure following Katrina, it's likely that there will soon be significant alterations to its academic structure. Although the university has been working to make sure there will be an appropriately-sized freshman class, it is anticipated that there will be a reduction in enrollment and tuition revenues, said Provost and Academic Vice President Walter Harris. "The board is concerned, and rightfully so, that enrollment will not be what it would have been before Katrina," he said. As a result, the Board of Trustees has mandated a review of academic and non-academic programs. "I can candidly say that we will be forced to make many extremely difficult decisions with respect to program continuance, suspension or elimination," wrote University President the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., in a March 17 memorandum to faculty. The program review, which is being directed by Harris, will make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. The Board will make the ultimate decision and may accept or reject the proposal made by the university administration, said Harris. "We are facing real challenges to remain solvent and solid as a university. The review is designed to allow us an opportunity to look very carefully and critically at the university," Harris said. The decision made by the board will likely be effective for the fall 2006 semester. The eight criteria for the evaluation of programs are: demand for the program; service to majors, minors, other programs and/or the common curriculum; revenues and expense for programs; the reputation and quality of the program; the centrality of the program to the mission of the university; the effect of the program on the community, a comparison of the program to instructional expense norms at other See SGA, page 3 See REVIEW, page 2 See SERIES, page 3 A LOYOLA TRADITION SINCE 1 923 • "FOR A GREATER LOYOLA" LIFE & TIMES It's not your average college campus, page 6 LOYOLA MEETS SACS ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS, page 2 MAROON DIRECTORY: CALENDAR, page 2 • EDITORIAL, page 4 • LIFE & TIMES, page 6 • SPORTS, page 10